Knowmad gets my highest recommendation from our initial phone conversation to having a Knowmad…read morespecialist see us off at the airport for our return trip home. We spent an unforgettable 10 days hiking the (express!) Inca trail to Machu Picchu and visiting Lima, The Sacred Valley, Aguas Calientes and Cusco. I could write 10 pages about how much we loved traveling with Knowmad so I'll try to stick to the highlights. My husband and I usually handle all of our own travel planning, but when we came across Knowmad while researching how to visit Machu Picchu we realized we would probably get a lot more out of a trip to Peru traveling with specialists from the country. This was 1000% true and working with Knowmad made planning our trip so easy and fun. Our travel specialists Renee and Shannon found a way for us to do everything we wanted to do (and so much more!) while staying within our budget. They were remarkably thorough with answering my countless questions and we could not have been more prepared for our visit, with very minimal effort on our end. Once we met up with our Knowmad guide, Fernando, in Cusco every day of our trip was amazing and we learned so much about the Inca culture and the Andes while having a ton of fun and going at our own pace. By the time we made it to Machu Picchu it was so much more meaningful because we had an understanding of what makes it such a special and mystical site. The Inca trail was absolutely breathtaking (and I'm not talking about the altitude ) and we couldn't have done it without Fernando as our fearless guide. He looked out for us every step of the way and made us feel like family throughout our time with him. Our trip wouldn't have been nearly so memorable without him. Another highlight was our e-bike ride through the Sacred Valley with our awesome guide Kirvi, who was so kind and on top of making sure we were safe and even getting some awesome photos and videos along the way. Our driver Abraham made us feel so welcome and kept us moving along and safe throughout our trip. The restaurants and hotels Knowmad arranged for us were excellent, and our picnic in the Sacred Valley and Pachamanca experience were unbelievable. Thank you Knowmad for making our trip such an incredible experience we will never forget!

Knowmad planned our trip to Argentina in March. They listened to what we wanted and then arranged…read morea flawless trip. They were also very responsive whenever I had questions. I highly recommend them if you wish to have a special excursion to a South American country.

Jamie customized a weeklong Alaskan adventure for my husband, my 82 year old travel-wary mother and…read moremyself, built around what my mother could tolerate. The trip was fantastic for both my mother (afraid to travel) and my husband and I (seasoned travelers). We rode trains, saw Denali in the sunshine, took a glacier tour and kept active without the days becoming overwhelming. We will use The Wandering Puffin again. Highly recommend!!

We found Jamie while trying to find a travel agent to plan our first trip to Europe. He took the…read moretime to meet with us, listen to our wish list, then made some great suggestions based on time and location to get the most out of our trip. We spent 18 day in Europe going from London to Paris, Bruges, Munich and Rome. We had a great mix of planned activities and free time. Every detail of our trip was accounted for and planned perfectly by Jamie. We will definitely be using the Wandering Puffin for our next European adventure!!!

I used University Travel to make reservations for 5 of my family members to fly to Sweden for a…read morefamily reunion. Rosy made the reservations and the price was much, much lower than what I was finding on any airline website. The office is not slick and expensively furnished; based on that I assume they charge less because their focus is on making travel arrangements rather than on charging a high commision to be in an impressive, high lease office building. What I was impressed by were the low fares she was able to find and the good service.

Purchased a ticket in Feb 2020 to travel in April 2020. Did not travel due to Covid19. They asked…read morefor an EFT by check which was done immediately. Unable to travel due to health reasons. In the month of February 2021, I have made 8 attempts to contact agency (spoke with Shah in India who said he'll call back in 15 minutes but never did. Angie hang up on me). I have tried calling several times, put on hold, and as soon as the phone goes through to speak to an agent, the phone gets disconnected. I have spent so much time trying to discuss this situation or to get my money reimbursed but the games have not stopped. This is not the experience I had with university travel before, but I have not had to change or reschedule tickets.

This is a preliminary review because we have had only one meeting so far and haven't planned out…read morethe nitty-gritty details, but already we can see that this is a great agency. We chose Schilling Travel because of Jerry J.'s review (we're from out of state). Colleen helped us start planning a great honeymoon. She had some great ideas on how to spend our time and we can't wait! She was even willing to meet us at a local coffee shop. She did her homework (we're traveling to Iceland, not a common destination) and had some great travel tips that she had researched for us. We're looking forward to working with Colleen at Schilling Travel in the future!

Francine Ahles is super to work with, we have taken two trips using Schilling that she planned for…read moreus. Both trips ended up being cheaper than I could do myself using Kayak. I just told her where we wanted to go, who we wanted to fly on and what hotel we liked best and she got us a package deal for hundreds less than I had already put together from internet sites. I think they mostly do corporate travel, but Francine will do Leisure travel.

We were planning a trip to central and eastern Europe. After weeks of trying to settle on dates,…read moreairlines, and flights, without even getting into hotels, we decided a travel agency might be the way to go. We stopped at Mi Boleto Travel to scope it out. Within less than an hour, Berto had us booked for flights to and from Europe, a flight within eastern Europe, and hotels in three cities. He cheerfully waited through our deliberations on how much time to spend where and changed our hotel reservations to accommodate our revised schedule. Weeks later, Mi Boleta assisted in making another adjustment to our schedule. We will absolutely use Mi Boleta again!

Very dissatisfied. Do not confuse this business with the legitimate Health Partners Travel Clinic…read more Passport health does not take any insurance. They wanted 700.00 for a vaccine I ended up getting at Walgreens for 15.00. Also, I got pressured about getting a Yellow Fever vaccine and it is not required for the country I am traveling to. I thought Passport Health was going to be more convenient than booking an appointment with my primary doctor but turns out it cost me $90 for nothing but frustrating experience.

The ONLY reason I am giving a two instead of one star is for the poor unfortunate soul of a…read moreregistered nurse that is staffed all by herself in the scary and dark location this place is in. You're charged $78 for the nurse to read a piece of paper to you. This place DOESN'T EVEN have what seems like a majority of the immunizations that people are going to want IN STOCK. You'll have to take more time off work to visit the Edina location for them to be useful. The other review that I read said it wasn't even labeled on the outside, which is technically untrue, there is a small sign next to the door that is closed and has no window. Honestly, just close this location, it's sad. Passport Health's business model is disgusting and non-transparent. You honestly are better off going to a minute clinic or Walgreens unless you have so much money and don't know what to do with it and don't care that passport health literally put almost nothing into making this location even slightly bearable. I'm 23 and have never been outside the country and decided to push myself to do some traveling while I'm young. I'm going on a two week trip to Brazil and didn't want any surprises, so in addition to many other things, I decided to pay for what I thought would be a quick yellow fever vaccine. This place didn't even have it in stock. I took time off of work for my appointment and they were going to make me come in the next day to be able to do it and I couldn't do that anyway. Like I said before it's $78 for the "consultation" alone. The profit margins on vaccines at this place must be ENORMOUS because I would have had to pay $245 for the yellow fever vaccine a plus another $30-70 fee I couldn't remember the name of... Honestly what the heck is wrong with health care in America? Upon paying my useless fee that got me nothing, I decided to just take my chances with yellow fever in Brazil. Upon further thinking, I decided not to let the U.S. health care system win by letting me expose myself to yellow fever, I decided to pay for the vaccine in Brazil. Where it's only a quick $48 vaccine in Rio.